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Concert: Elles s’appelaient Marie

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Concert: Elles s’appelaient Marie

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Date: 3/7/2013 12:21 pm
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Date of event May 5, 2013
Location of event Jules-Verne Secondary School theatre (5445 Baillie Street, Vancouver)
 

Maillardville’s francophone choir Les Échos du Pacifique perform : Elles s’appelaient Marie (« Their name was Marie »), a 16-movement suite by France Levasseur-Ouimet, première performance in BC. Conductor:Luke Mayba. Guest soloist: Marie-Josée Ouimet.

 

Elles s’appelaient Marie is more than a musical suite. It also includes a narrative recounting the life of a woman who marries a "Voyageur" and leaves Quebec at age 16 to live on an Albertan homestead at the turn of the 20th century. The suite was written to acknowledge and honour the often ignored contributions of those women whose day-to-day faith and perseverance built Western Canada's francophone communities. The suite's 16 movements are diverse and their style ranges from "gigue" to lullaby, from gossipers' quarrel to Midnight Mass. The production of this masterpiece will be a significant tribute to Maillardville and, for this occasion, the soloist Marie-Josée Ouimet will join us from Edmonton to interpret the role of "Marie".

 Tickets: Adults $12/Seniors & students $10/Free for children 12 and under. Group rates available for 10 or more. For more information, call 604-266-4699 or 604-764-2808 or contact [email protected], or visit our website atwww.lesechosdupacifique.com

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Free Lecture: Is the Bible REALLY God’s Word?

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Free Lecture: Is the Bible REALLY God's Word?

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Date: 3/8/2013 9:56 pm
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Date of event April 7th
Location of event UBC Campus

Free lecture: Is the Bible really God's Word? How can I know for sure?

Come and hear!

A free lecture arranged by St Paul Lutheran Mission in Vancouver, member of the Church of the Lutheran Confession.

www.clclutheran.org

On UBC Campus–Carey College
5920 Iona Drive
Vancouver

Sunday April 7th at 7 PM.

All welcome, wheelchair accessible.

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411 Seniors Centre Society

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

411 Seniors Centre Society

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Date: 3/10/2013 3:41 pm
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Date of event Volunteer Month 2013
Location of event 704 – 333 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6C 4A1
 

Come Volunteer with Us! The following volunteer opportunities are available:

Weekly Calling Volunteer – Friendly callers to  our membership to see how they are, and to see if they need anything and to tell them of upcoming events and programs. Time Commitment: 3-4 hours per week, 4 volunteers needed

Travel Host & Walking Club Volunteers – Working on a team of 4 volunteers to attend a 1 hour program meeting once a month to plan local trips to theatre, museums, art galleries, etc. and once a week walking club. Time Commitment: 4 hours a month, 6 volunteers needed

Reception Volunteer – Friendly, good on the phone and in greeting walk-in visitors, good intermediate computer skills: Word, Excel, Internet. Time Commitment: 4 hours a week

Support Group Facilitator – LGBT Seniors Gay & Straight Alliance – A multi-faceted role comprised of facilitating a Seniors Gay Straight Alliance group along with another facilitator, meeting with potential/existing group members, and preparing in advance for a one to three months social events calendar. Maintaining an active role in a cohesive, safe and fun social environment that allows individual group members to freely explore matters relating to their sexuality and to live their lives in confidence. To provide a social outlet for LGBT men and women.

 

For more information contact: Alexandra Haines, [email protected]

Thank you!

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Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

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Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

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Date: 3/11/2013 1:19 pm
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Date of event Monday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
 

 

Please join theoretical physicist Lee Smolin as he discusses his latest book, Time Reborn, a radical new approach to cosmology that embraces the reality of time and opens up a whole new universe of possibilities. There are a few ideas that, like our notion of time, shape our thinking about literally everything, with major implications for physics and beyond – from climate change to the economic crisis. Smolin explains in lively and lucid prose how the true nature of time impacts our world.

Lee Smolin is a leading pioneer in the field of quantum gravity and cosmology. He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and three popular books, Life of the Cosmos, Three Roads to Quantum Gravity and The Trouble with Physics.

Free admission. Seating is limited.
Co-sponsored by Vancouver Writers Fest, http://www.writersfest.bc.ca

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Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas

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Date: 3/11/2013 1:24 pm
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Date of event Wednesday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
 

Join us for an evening with three award-winning authors. Colin McAdam reads from A Beautiful Truth, paulo de costa reads from The Green and Purple Skin of the World and Shyam Selvadurai reads from his latest, The Hungry Ghosts.

Told simultaneously from the perspectives of humans and chimpanzees, Colin McAdam’s A Beautiful Truth reveals the lure of belonging and the capacity for survival. This is a heartfelt story about parenthood and friendship, about the things we hold sacred as humans and the facts that link us to nature.

Colin McAdam’s novel Some Great Thing won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award. His second novel, Fall, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and awarded the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennon Prize.

Shyam Selvadurai’s The Hungry Ghosts is a beautifully written, dazzling story of family, wealth and the long reach of the past. It shows how racial, political and sexual differences can tear apart both a country and the human heart—not just once, but many times, until the ghosts are fed and freed.

Funny Boy, Selvadurai’s first novel, was a national bestseller, and won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, The Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association.

paulo da costa’s The Green and Purple Skin of the World gets under your skin, bruises your consciousness with it’s exploration of the forces that hold us together, not always benignly, and those that pull us apart. de costa’s stories dazzle and beguile: with their craft, their often dark humour, their grasp of people living the extremity that is daily life.

A writer, editor, and translator living on the West Coast, paolo’s first book of fiction, The Scent of a Lie, received the 2003 Commonwealth First Book Prize for the Canada-Caribbean region and the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize.

Free admission. Seating is limited.
Co-sponsored by Vancouver Writers Fest, http://www.writersfest.bc.ca

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First Nations’ Rights & Law Series: Savage Anxieties

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First Nations' Rights & Law Series: Savage Anxieties

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Date: 3/11/2013 5:30 pm
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Date of event Thursday, May 9, 7:00 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
 

Lecture by Professor Robert Williams: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission

Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession have all been justified by citing Western civilization’s opposition to the differences represented by indigenous tribal peoples. Professor Robert Williams explores the history of the denial of indigenous peoples’ rights to lands and resources in the West from the time of ancient Greeks and Romans up through Canada’s 21st century treaty negotiations in BC.

Robert Williams, Jr., Professor of Law at the University of Arizona and member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe, is an internationally acclaimed expert on First Nations rights.  

Free admission. Seating is limited.
Co-sponsored by Lawyer's Rights Watch Canada.

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10th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 4 PEACE!

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10th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 4 PEACE!

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Date: 3/12/2013 1:54 am
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Date of event March 16-18, 2013
Location of event Vancouver

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10th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 4 PEACE!
March 16-18, 2013
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Marking a Decade of the War and Occupation in Iraq
Marking 12 years of the New Era of War & Occupation
Marking a Decade of Film Festival For Peace in Canada

*** Featuring special guest ALANIS OBOMSAWIN, distinguished Indigenous documentary filmmaker ***

Now is the time to mark your calendars for the 10th Annual International Film Festival 4 Peace! Check http://www.filmfest4peace.org for updates and sneak peek videos for this year’s festival!

>> SATURDAY & SUNDAY March 16-17
10am-11am Festival Opening & Breakfast
11am-9pm Screenings
Britannia Community Center Auditorium
1661 Napier Street at Commercial Drive

>> MONDAY March 18
(( 1 )) PICKET ACTION
Protest the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq!
4pm
U.S. Consulate
1075 West Pender, Downtown Vancouver
 
(( 2 )) Film Festival Closing Feature & Panel Discussion on the 10th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
7:30pm
Joe's Cafe – Large North Hall
1150 Commercial Drive

In 2003, Iraq was invaded, occupied, brutalized and until today more than 1.5 million people have been killed as a consequence. In the same year millions of people around the world joined the struggle against this criminal and bloody war. MAWO’s first Film Festival for Peace was held in this year. A decade since the festival began, MAWO has screened hundreds of films documenting wars, occupations and the struggle of oppressed people for self-determination. By organizing the Film Festival for Peace, MAWO has joined this fight for a better world! Since the first MAWO Film Festival for Peace in December 2003, thousands of people have attended this one of a kind and free festival complete with films, special guest speakers, art exhibits and teach-ins.

At this year’s festival, MAWO is honoured to host distinguished filmmaker, educator and activist, Alanis Obomsawin. Alanis is from the Abenaki Indigenous Nation and currently lives in Quebec. For more than four decades, she has directed documentaries at the National Film Board of Canada that chronicle the struggles and realities of Indigenous people in Canada. In this period of time, she has made over 30 documentaries, including the award-winning “Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance” and most recently “The People of Kattawapiskak River” which will be screened at this year’s festival. A recipient of many awards and honours, Alanis will also be sharing with the audience her experience in documenting some of the most important events in the recent history of Canada.  

This year’s film festival, with a central focus on the world-wide struggle for peace, should not to be missed!

Stay posted for updates and the full program!
http://www.filmfest4peace.org
For posters click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/130316-18-MAWO-FF4P.pdf
Join the Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/291470140982101/
Check out 10th Annual Film Festival 4 Peace commemorative buttons:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/2013-MAWO-FF4P10-buttons.pdf
 
*** Sponsored by:
Britannia Community Services Center – http://www.britanniacentre.org/
Capilano University Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking Program http://www2.capilanou.ca/programs/indigenous-digital-film.html
The Source Newspaper – http://thelasource.com/en/
Videomatica – http://www.videomatica.ca

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG/
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Mother’s Day at Kilby Historic Site

Posted December 19, 2013 by Admin.

Mother’s Day at Kilby Historic Site

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Date: 3/12/2013 1:38 pm
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Date of event May, 12, 2013
Location of event Kilby Historical Site 215 Kilby Road, Harrison Mills V0M1L0

Bring Mom out for an old-fashioned Mother’s Day at Kilby Historic Site. Fun crafts for the children & treats for Mom. Full details on our website www.kilby.ca

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O.W.L Orphaned Wildlife’s Open House

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O.W.L Orphaned Wildlife's Open House

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Date: 3/15/2013 12:41 pm
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Date of event April 13-14 2013
Location of event 3800 72nd street Delta BC
 

It's that time again… next month will be OWL’s Annual Open House! Mark your calendars as this is THE BEST time to visit OWL. The Open House will be on Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, April 14th from 10am-3pm. This is the only time of the year where the general public is allowed a "behind the scenes" look at our facility. They are allowed through our care centre which includes the medical room and intensive care, and even through some of our back cages, including the impressive Pool Cage.

This great event will also include:
– Raffle & garage sale
– Environmental displays
– Children's activities
– Face painting
– Educational videos
– OWL's Nest Gifts
– Interpretive Centre
– Blondie’s Bun Works and Miss Betty’s Cupcakes (to feed your hunger needs)

There will also be the release of a rehabilitated bird of prey each day of the Open House at 1pm!!!

Admission is free and all proceeds and donations will go directly to OWL towards food and medical supplies for the birds in care.

For more information, call us 604-946-3171 or email us at [email protected]

Visit our website www.owlcanada.org

Hope to see you all there!!!

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Archie Fisher & Ballyhooley

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Archie Fisher & Ballyhooley

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Date: 3/15/2013 11:58 pm
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Date of event March 17, 2013
Location of event St James Hall 3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano 

Archie Fisher is a Scots folk singer who was born into a musical family and he originally sang in skiffle groups in the 1950s. Gravitating towards traditional folk and then his own songwriting he formed a music club in Edinburgh, The Howff, and helped launch the career of such stars as The Incredible String Band and Barbara Dickson.

Some of his compositions, notably Witch Of The Westmoreland and Dark Eyed Molly, found their way into the repertoires of Fairport Convention and Stan Rogers but he went out of the limelight for a while before launching a long-running show on BBC Radio Scotland called Travelling Folk in 1983. A few years later he recorded a live album with Garnet Rogers – Off The Map – and Garnet produced his next record: Sunsets I've Galloped Into.

Archie concentrated on his radio show and sporadic concerts in the U.K. for many years after that, but has now returned to touring. He's played at The Rogue three times (with Garnet in 2001, solo in 2002 and with the late, lamented Raylene Rankin in 2005) and we are very pleased to be able to welcome him back!

www.jproductions.com

Local Celtic band Ballyhooley is a dynamic group of musicians in love with the Irish musical tradition. Playing nine different instruments among them, the band members delight in creative arrangements representing the many moods of Irish music which is variously raucous, stirring and hauntingly melodic. The members of Ballyhooley met in local sessions around town, where a tiny but passionate Irish music community thrives half a world away from Ireland.

Ballyhooley is: Vanessa Kay – fiddle, mandolin, guitar and vocals. Tim Fanning – uilleann pipes, flute, whistles and vocals. Glenn Buholzer – guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and vocals. We would love it if they could accompany Archie on his memorable song couplet Witch Of The Westmoreland and The Return.

www.ballyhooley.com

Tickets $24 ($20 members)
BUY ONLINE (no service charges)
Parcel O'Rogues Owners RESERVE ONLINE or call 604-736-3022
Tickets also on sale at Highlife Records & Rufus' Guitar Shop
www.roguefolk.bc.ca